Tag Archives: urban

Ireland

In 2012 I visited southern Ireland on holiday…

Cobh

Cobh

Cork

Cork

Dublin

Dublin

Galway

Galway

Old phone box style

Old phone box style

Florence

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I returned to Italy recently to finish my textiles analysis course at the Lisio and had another chance to get a phone with a view.

Payphone design

High-tech payphone concept with free Wi-Fi wins NYC design challenge

The people of New York have spoken. They’ve chosen a spiffy new payphone design with free Wi-Fi access and interactive advertising as the winner of a Reinvent Payphones design challenge…

New York today

Snowy NYC

Snowy NYC

Cornwall, UK

We just spent a few days over in Cornwall.

Penzance

Penzance

Sancreed

Sancreed

Gweek

Gweek

Florence, Italy

italy-florence-1

italy-florence-2

Payphone availability

Is It Time To Commit To Ongoing Payphone Availability?

Public payphones seem headed the way of the dinosaur, as noted here on Slashdot 10 years ago, and again by the CBC earlier this year. Reasons typically cited for their demise are falling usage, (thanks to the ubiquitous cell phone), and rising maintenance costs. But during the recent disaster in NYC caused by Hurricane Sandy public payphones proved their worth…

Belgium

Here are two from my trip this week and a third taken, on film, 2003.

Brugge

Brugge

Brussels

Brussels

Brugges again

Brugges again

Romania

Brasov

Brasov

Romania -where we saw Sheryl Crow play and met ‘Brasov’s best breakdancer’.

Italy

Milan

Milan metro

Milan

Milan

Vatican City

Vatican City